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1st LD Writethru: S. Korea's Park urges Japan to back words up with actions in historical issues

Xinhua, August 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Saturday urged Japan to back words up with actions in historical issues, referring to the statement issued by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

"The Japanese government should back its open declaration of inheriting history perception of previous cabinets in the future with consistent and sincere actions to win trust from neighboring countries and the international society," Park said at a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule.

"It is true that we felt not a little wanting in yesterday's 70th postwar anniversary statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe," said Park.

In the statement on Friday, Abe mentioned that previous Japanese cabinets had apologized for Japan's wartime past, but side-stepped offering his own.

Abe also said that Japan must not allow its future generations to be predestined to apologize. Endi